Povodom sedamdeset godina od rođenja Džona Lenona digitalno su remasterizovani albumi koje je po prestanku rada The Beatles snimio sam ili sa Joko Ono. Sa originalnim materijalom ali i bonusima 9. oktobra 2010. godine su objavljeni albumi “Imagine”, “Power To The People: The Hits”, “Walls and Bridges”, “Mind Games”, “Rock’N’Roll”, “Some Time in New York City” i “Double fantasy” / “Stripped Down”. Istim povodom urađen je luksuzni box set “John Lennon Signature Box” sa studijskim albumima, bonus diskovima sa 13 ranije neobjavljenih pesama i knjigom.
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EMI je zajedno sa Yoko Ono objavio remasterizovan katalog svih Lennonovih albuma kao i nekoliko novih izdanja. U katalogu je osam Lennonovih albuma i novih naslova uključujući: “Double Fantasy Stripped Down”, “Power To The People: The Hits”, “Gimme Some Truth” i “John Lennon Signature Box”. Džonovi solo albumi i snimci su sada prvi put digitalno remasterizovani. “Double Fantasy” iz 1980. godine (dobitnik Grammy nagrade) je objavljen je u originalnoj verziji, ali i u ponovo remiksovanoj “Stripped Down'' verziji koju su producirali Joko Ono i Džek Daglas, originalni koproducent albuma. LP “Some Time In New York City” je osvežen i u dvostrukom cd izdanju uključuje šest “Live jam” snimaka sa originalnog albuma. Kompilacija “Power To The People: The Hits” donosi petnaest ključnih pesama Lenonove solo karijere, a “Experience” izdanje sadrži bonus dvd sa video spotovima. Vrhunac ove kolekcije je luksuzni “John Lennon Signature Box”, izdanje sa jedanaest diskova i trinaest dosad neobjavljenih kućnih snimaka. Joko Ono, Šean i Džulijan Lenon su napisali beleške uz ovu bogatu kolekciju. Za omot albuma “Double Fantasy Stripped Down” su iskorišćeni crteži Šeana Lenona, a “Walls and Bridges” iz 1974. godine je ponovo objavljen u originalnom omotu. “Uz obeležavanje sedamdeset godina od rođenja mog supruga i životnog partnera, nadam se da će ova kolekcija remastera i reizdanja postići da njegova muzika dođe do sasvim nove publike. Kroz gotovo 150 pesama sa osam briljantnih albuma, nadam se da će oni kojima je ta muzika već poznata, pronaći novu inspiraciju u njegovom neverovatnom talentu kompozitora, muzičara i pevača” – kaže Joko Ono. .
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_JOHN LENNON:"Signature Box" EMI/Dallas 2010.
U godini u kojoj obeležavamo toliko jubileja (30 godina od ubistva Lenona, 70 godina od rođenja, 40 godina od raspada Bitlsa...) i kao fina nadgradnja prošlogodišnjem remasterovanom katalogu Bitlsa preko kojeg smo konačno čuli kako je sve to zaista trebalo da zvuči, dolazi nam remasterovani boks set (10 cd-ova) koji prati deset godina karijere svetog Džona Lenona. Za stare fanove skoro ništa novo (dvedesete su nam donele izdašni boks set Lennon Anthology) osim sumnjivog remastera (Joko Ono) i ogoljenog miksa barokno-kičasto produciranog labuđeg speva "Double Fantasy". Daleko od toga da Lenon nije imao velike albume tokom svoje karijere, međutim, kao i Harisonu, posle 1972-e se menja motivacija i kao da obojici više nije dovoljno stalo. U tom smislu, "Plastic Ono Band" ili "Imagine" i dalje stoje među najcenjenijim i najvoljenijim albumima svih vremena. Joko godine su svakako promenile Lenonov fokus, međutim itekako mu je falila tenzija i kompetetivnost sa Makartnijem (obostrani problem) tako da većina solo karijere oba muzičara potpada pod "zaboravljivo". Lenonova politička faza ga je potpuno marginalizovala ("Sometimes in NY") dok je "lost weekend" hedonistička faza opijanja sa ortacima u vreme raskida sa Joko iznedrila neke zanimljive pesme ("Mind Games", "#9 Dream", "Whatever Gets You Through The Night"). Enter Joko i sledećih pet godina Lenon je dosadni otac, nemotivisani suprug i samopenzionisani muzičar. Pokušaj povratka osujetio je izvesni Mark Čepmen decembra 1980-e, a mi smo zauzvrat dobili bezgrešnu i najveću roknerol ikonu svih vremena. Ovaj boks set je isto toliko konfuzni muzički dokument kao i sam Lenonov život. Ode nesigurnosti, samodestrukciji, traumama iz detinjstva, opsesivnoj i perverznoj ljubavi, ali i komunizmu, anarhiji i starim prijateljima se haotično nalaze na ovim albumima. Kao što smo već naučili, u Bitlsima Mekartni je predstavljao lepotu a Lenon istinu. U ovoj kutiji je možda previše istine za novu epohu, međutim kada legenda postane istina, onda treba objaviti legendu.....___________________________________
POWER TO THE PEOPLE: THE HITS [CD; Digital] 1. Power To The People 2. Gimme Some Truth 3. Woman 4. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) 5. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 6. Cold Turkey 7. Jealous Guy 8. #9 Dream 9. (Just Like) Starting Over 10. Mind Games 11. Watching The Wheels 12. Stand By Me 13. Imagine 14. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 15. Give Peace A Chance
POWER TO THE PEOPLE: THE HITS (EXPERIENCE EDITION) [CD/DVD] CD (tracklist same as above) DVD 1. Power To The People 2. Gimme Some Truth 3. Woman 4. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) 5. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 6. Cold Turkey 7. Jealous Guy 8. #9 Dream 9. (Just Like) Starting Over 10. Mind Games 11. Watching The Wheels 12. Stand By Me 13. Imagine 14. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 15. Give Peace A Chance
GIMME SOME TRUTH [4CD; Digital] Working Class Hero 1. Working Class Hero 2. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) 3. Power To The People 4. God 5. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die 6. Gimme Some Truth 7. Sunday Bloody Sunday 8. Steel And Glass 9. Meat City 10. I Don't Wanna Face It 11. Remember 12. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World 13. I Found out 14. Isolation 15. Imagine 16. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 17. Give Peace A Chance 18. Only People Woman 1. Mother 2. Hold On 3. You Are Here 4. Well Well Well 5. Oh My Love 6. Oh Yoko! 7. Grow Old With Me 8. Love 9. Jealous Guy 10. Woman 11. Out The Blue 12. Bless You 13. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) 14. My Mummy's Dead 15. I'm Losing You 16. (Just Like) Starting Over 17. #9 Dream 18. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) Borrowed Time 1. Mind Games 2. Nobody Told Me 3. Cleanup Time 4. Crippled Inside 5. How Do You Sleep? 6. How? 7. Intuition 8. I'm Stepping Out 9. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 10. Old Dirt Road 11. Scared 12. What You Got 13. Cold Turkey 14. New York City 15. Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) 16. Borrowed Time 17. Look At Me 18. Watching The Wheels Roots 1. Be-Bop-A-Lula 2. You Can’t Catch Me 3. Medley: Rip It Up/Ready Teddy 4. Tight A$ 5. Ain’t That a Shame 6. Sweet Little Sixteen 7. Do You Wanna Dance 8. Slippin’ and Slidin’ 9. Peggy Sue 10. Medley: Bring It On Home/Send Me Some Lovin’ 11. Yer Blues (Live) 12. Just Because 13. Boney Moronie 14. Beef Jerky 15. Ya Ya 16. Hound Dog (Live) 17. Stand By Me 18. Here We Go Again
JOHN LENNON SIGNATURE BOX [11CD; Digital] Original Albums [digitally remastered] - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - Imagine - Some Time In New York City - Mind Games - Walls and Bridges - Rock ‘n’ Roll - Double Fantasy - Milk and Honey Home Tapes 1. Mother 2. Love 3. God 4. I Found Out 5. Nobody Told Me 6. Honey Don't 7. One Of The Boys 8. India, India 9. Serve Yourself 10. Isolation 11. Remember 12. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) 13. I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die Singles 1. Power To The People 2. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 3. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) 4. Cold Turkey 5. Move Over Ms. L 6. Give Peace a Chance
ORIGINAL ALBUMS (REMASTERED) [CD; Digital]
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) 1. Mother 2. Hold On 3. I Found Out 4. Working Class Hero 5. Isolation 6. Remember 7. Love 8. Well Well Well 9. Look At Me 10. God 11. My Mummy's Dead
Imagine (1971) 1. Imagine 2. Crippled Inside 3. Jealous Guy 4. It's So Hard 5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die 6. Gimme Some Truth 7. Oh My Love 8. How Do You Sleep? 9. How? 10. Oh Yoko!
Some Time In New York City (1972) DISC ONE 1. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World 2. Sisters, O Sisters 3. Attica State 4. Born In a Prison 5. New York City 6. Sunday Bloody Sunday 7. The Luck Of The Irish 8. John Sinclair 9. Angela 10. We're All Water DISC TWO 1. Cold Turkey (live) 2. Don't Worry Kyoko (live) 3. Well (Baby Please Don't Go) (live) 4. Jamrag (live) 5. Scumbag (live) 6. Au (live)
Mind Games (1973) 1. Mind Games 2. Tight A$ 3. Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) 4. One Day (At A Time) 5. Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple) 6. Nutopian International Anthem 7. Intuition 8. Out The Blue 9. Only People 10. I Know (I Know) 11. You Are Here 12. Meat City
Walls and Bridges (1974) 1. Going Down On Love 2. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 3. Old Dirt Road 4. What You Got 5. Bless You 6. Scared 7. #9 Dream 8. Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) 9. Steel And Glass 10. Beef Jerky 11. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) 12. Ya Ya
Rock ‘n’ Roll (1975) 1. Be-Bop-A-Lula 2. Stand By Me 3. Medley: Rip It Up/Ready Teddy 4. You Can't Catch Me 5. Ain't That A Shame 6. Do You Wanna Dance 7. Sweet Little Sixteen 8. Slippin' And Slidin' 9. Peggy Sue 10. Medley: Bring It On Home To Me/Send Me Some Lovin’ 11. Bony Moronie 12. Ya Ya 13. Just Because
Double Fantasy Stripped Down (2010) / Double Fantasy (1980) Stripped Down Original Album, Remastered 1. (Just Like) Starting Over 2. Kiss Kiss Kiss 3. Cleanup Time 4. Give Me Something 5. I'm Losing You 6. I'm Moving On 7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) 8. Watching The Wheels 9. Yes, I'm Your Angel 10. Woman 11. Beautiful Boys 12. Dear Yoko 13. Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him 14. Hard Times Are Over
Milk and Honey (1984) 1. I'm Stepping Out 2. Sleepless Night 3. I Don't Wanna Face It 4. Don't Be Scared 5. Nobody Told Me 6. O'Sanity 7. Borrowed Time 8. Your Hands 9. (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess 10. Let Me Count The Ways 11. Grow Old With Me 12. You're The One
MI je zajedno sa Yoko Ono objavio remasterizovan katalog svih Lennonovih albuma kao i nekoliko novih izdanja. U katalogu je osam Lennonovih albuma i novih naslova uključujući: “Double Fantasy Stripped Down”, “Power To The People: The Hits”, “Gimme Some Truth” i “John Lennon Signature Box”.
